In the spring of 1875 I got a job with the Railroad Company as
baggageman and also as a mail carrier, as the post office [Muskogee] was only a few steps from the depot and when the post office
is located within a certain distance from the depot, the baggageman had to deliver the mail bags; or at least that was the law then and that was
one of my duties. Source: Indian Pioneer Papers, William Anthony Cummins interview, May 12,
1937.
...at Muskogee. John A. FOREMAN, J[ames]. A. PATTERSON, the postmaster, and other merchants, business men and citizens, formed what they called
the “International Indian Fair.” This was in 1874... Source: Indian Pioneer Papers, William Anthony Cummins interview, May 20,
1937.